C2 noun #83,697 most common

Tao

UK /daʊ/ | US /daʊ/

In Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life.

Tao in 30 Seconds

  • (proper noun) In Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life.
  • (noun) The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
  • (noun) The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.

Meanings

  1. 1
    proper noun In Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life.
  2. 2
    noun The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
  3. 3
    noun The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
  4. 4
    noun That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
  5. 5
    noun The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
  6. 6
    noun Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
  7. 7
    noun A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job
  8. 8
    noun The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
  9. 9
    noun Various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China, including:
  10. 10
    noun Methodism: The basic grouping of local Methodist churches.
  11. 11
    noun By analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
  12. 12
    noun A track on which a race in held; a racetrack
  13. 13
    noun Circumlocution
  14. 14
    noun A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.
  15. 15
    noun A closed path, without repeated vertices allowed
  16. 16
    noun A court that sits at more than one location in the district that it serves.
  17. 17
    noun (by extension) The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.

Examples

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Synonyms

dao lu periplus route tao zen
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